repelled

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They were briefly repelled by a security guard, who, along with two other victims in the parking lot, alerted people at the center and police to the attack, saving lives.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

The author acknowledges that there is a benefit to being repelled by animals that carry disease—or that look like they might.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Four days later, Carney addressed the nation displaying a figurine of Gen. Isaac Brock, who repelled U.S. forces invading what is today Canada in the War of 1812.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Videos shared by Centcom were said to show the ship being warned before troops repelled onto the vessel.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

It even happens that something that at first repelled or confounded us emerges only many years later as one of the most important artistic events of our lives.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson